Food waste index report 2024
<p>The world wasted an estimated 19 per cent of the food produced globally in 2022, or about 1.05 billion metric tons, according to this new report by the UNEP.</p>
Food Policy
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Rural-urban transformations and food security in India: the challenges and opportunities of peri-urbanisation
In India, peri-urban areas are too often neglected. Many people live in poverty and face increasing marginalisation and food insecurity. Yet peri-urban agriculture could be a major contributor to poverty
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Impact of India’s National Food Security Act on domestic and international rice markets
<p>This study analyzes the long-term impact of India’s Food Security Act on its domestic rice market and the international market for rice.</p>
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Global report on food crises 2017
Despite international efforts to address food insecurity, around 108 million people in the world were severely food insecure in 2016, a dramatic increase compared with 80 million in 2015, according to
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3,000 people a day fleeing in cholera-stricken Somalia as famine looms
More than 3,000 people a day are fleeing their homes in search of food and water due to Somalia's worst drought in 20 years, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said, warning of impending famine with children
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Number of Kenyans going hungry doubles to three million
The number of Kenyans needing emergency food aid has doubled in the past three months to three million, the Red Cross said on Tuesday, as the effect of a devastating drought worsens. Kenya is one of
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Millions of dollars raised through social media for famine-hit Somalia
Somalia could face its third famine in 25 years after the previous crisis in 2011 that killed about 260,000 people, WHO warns. These realities touched the heart of French social media star Jerome Jarre
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UNICEF: 145,000 people saved in famine-hit South Sudan
Since famine was declared in parts of South Sudan a month ago, the United Nations children’s fund, UNICEF and partners have provided live-saving assistance to more than 145,000 people. Among the 145,000
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Regional overview of food insecurity in the Near East and North Africa 2016
The second edition of the Regional Overview of Food Insecurity in the Near East and North Africa 2016 coincides with the adoption of the sustainable development agenda and the seventeen Sustainable Development
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2017 Global Food Policy Report
IFPRI’s flagship report reviews the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2016, and highlights challenges and opportunities for 2017 at the global and regional levels. This year’s report
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Nigeria: 16 Northern States May Face Food Shortage- UN
The newly launched United Nation Food and Agriculture Cadre Harmonisé report has revealed that 9million people in 16 northern states may face food insecurity between June-August, 2017. The report carried